Combined stock and freight car.



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PAT-ENTEDJUNE 19, 1906. AE. WYATT. COMBINED STOCK AND FREIGHT GAR.

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UNITED STATES;

PATENT 'EVERETT wrnrr, or roar' wioarn, TEXAS. y

I COMBINED vls'rooin lAND Specification of Letters Patnt.- K Appiimion med come: 11. 1905. serial 1ra-232.295.

yFrancas-IT OAR.

rmneeanm 19,1906.

-. Be it known thatI, EvERnr'r Wrarnfa ecitizen of the United Sftates residing at Fort:`

car or a partly stock-car and part freight-car,

' known' as double-deck car; andthe' object is to provide attachments which maybe ap'- pliedto stock-cars ofordinary construction y also' to a freightcar of "ordinaryconstruction i explained fin the following 2O -ed out in `the claimsfY i whereb a stock-car can be readily converted into a eight-car and which may be applied to rovide a double-deck car. A l

ther objects and advanta es'will be fully description, and the invention will be more Reference is had to' theI accompan g drawin s, which formV a' part of this' app 'cation an specification. r l y Figure 1 is a plan view of a car with the top removed a'nd one ofthe end attachments bel. ing shown in part in section. Fig-.2 is a verf f sides.

tical` cross-section of a car.' v Fi 3 isa similar broken section but throug one'of the doors, illustrating the manner-'of closing and operating the doors of the attachments. Fig.

temporary bottom 1 ispreferably' constructied 1n one integral structure of suitable material, although this bottom might be constructed in sections. Provision ismade for" elevating the temporary bottom to the top of the car when the car is tobe used for a stockcarand for lowering Athe temporary bottom V `'when the car is to ,be` used fora freight-car.

The same provision also closesthe sides 'and endsof the carg- Rollershaftsand 3 are journaled in bearings 4 at or near the top of the sides and ends of the' car. Bevel-gearing .5 and 6 are fixed onthe endsof these shafts, and the gear-wheels mesh with each other. Sheets for closing the sides and ends f of the car are prepared of some suitable mateto stock-cars'and ,means for'converting a stock into a freight particularly point# y, rial and'attached Vto Vthe temporaryjiioor and to the roller-shafts2J and 3. j When the shafts 2` and 3i`are turned 'inwardly by'the l gearing, vthe floor 1 be elevated, and when these shafts arel turned outwardly 'by the gearing the oor will'be lowered. Sheets 7,

preferably of metal, are attached tothe side l I edges 'of thefloor land to the'shaft's, .and

sheets 8, referably of metal, are attached to the end e ges of the floor and lto the shafts. These sheets lare iiush with the-interior of the car-walls when thefloor is let down, and thus make a closed car adapted fo'r 'the' uses of freigh instead vof ltheislatted Aopencar for stoc vThese sheets may be constructed of sheet metal orv narrowgmeta'l'bars connected tg'et'her' or other suitable material,

l not vbe subjectedto niuch strain, being flush with the interior of the walls of the car. It will be seenthat the operation oflowerin theiloor also closes the sides 'and ends'an that the .operation of raising" or elevating the floor also opens the sides and ends'. -Doors ma ,bemade in the sidesheets or `in the as they 4 en sheetsS, if desired', by'cutting away the sheets 74opposite` the doors of the car, as shown in Fig. 1 ,Jand` providing doors 9 of material'similar to sheets 7 and 'The sheetmetal doors 9 may be operated independently-ofv the side sheets 7 and may be operated as ordinary spring-roller shades. The rollers 10 `for the doors 9- ma be mounted in the -doorways of the cars.

hegear-wheels and l 6l may. be driven -inY any suitable: manner;

Additional gear-wheelsl f 11", and 12 may ,be providedto mesh with,the gear-wheels 5 and 6 and journaled in the'upper part of ythecar,

project A as shown in' Fi y1. lThe shafts13 through the Wa sof the c ar and may eprovided withremovable cranks 14 for operat-4 ing-the arin ,or a sprocket-wheel'ma be @l mountedion t e shaft 13 and' asproc et.

wheel mounted ona shaft 15 near the bottom' y of the car anda sprocket-chain 16 mounted on the s rocketwhe`els, and.` a f removable crank 17 1s .provided for o erating the .gearing. It is apparent that living thegearing at one corner of the car will drive the gearing at all corners of the car. It is also apparent :that similar gearing may be provided at veach corner of the car, so that power maybe ap' `plied at eachk corner of the car for simultane-I ousl Voperating the gearing. It will be notice that froirrthek arrangement of thel earing the sheets,7 and -8 cannot extend'entirely to the sides and ends ofthe 'cartv To remedy this and to 'form a complete closure7 guides 18 are secured vertically in the corners or the car to receive the edges oi the sheets 7 and 8. 'lhese guides thus form a complete closure and prevent displacement oi the side and end sheets. Substantiall S-shaped guides i9 are securedto the si es oi the doorways for guiding the edges of the sheets 7 and doors 9.

From the construction above described it is apparent that a stock-car can be readily converted into a freight-car or into a doubledeck car, partly freight and partly stock car, as the temporary door ma be locked at any position desirable by a hoo i 20, which is pivotally mounted on one of the upright framepieces of. the car. Normally the hook f hangs down; but it ma be swun out to engage the sprocket-cham to hol the same against movement, or the freight-car so formed may be readily converted into a stock-car. v

Having fully described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is g 1. A stock-car having permanent side and end walls and a ermanent floor, a temporary door moya le vertically therein and means for lowering said door and means for simultaneously forming temporary side and end Walls.

n 2. ln a stools-car provided With a permenent floor and side and end walls, means for converting said car into a frei llt-car ,comprising a temporary door mova le vertically therein, side and end wallsfca able of being to said temrolling said sideand end walls and simultane- `ously elevating said temporary Hoor or lowering said door.

v3. ln a stock-car provided with permanent end and side walls, and a permanent door; a temporary door, rollable sheets attached to said door andcapable of forming side and end walls for said car, andmeans for rolling or ,.unrolling said sheets whereby said tempo- .lso

rary door is elevatedor lowered.

4. ln a stock-ear provided with a permanent door and.l end andside Walls; a temporary door sheets attached to said door and.

capable of forming end and side walls, roller'- shaits engaged by said sheets, and gearing for operating said shafts.

5. ln a stock-car provided with a permanent door and end and side walls; a temponary door, sheets attached to said floor and capable or" forming end and side walls, roller- Y shafts engaged by said sheets, guides for said sheets, and gearing for operating said shafts.

ln a stock-car provided with a permanent door and end and side walls; a temporary loor, sheets attached to said floor and capable of forming end and sidewalls, rollershafts engaged by said sheets,l spring-actuated roller sheet-metal doers cooperating with said sheets, and gearing for actuating said roller-shafts.

7.' ln 'a stocklcar provided. with a permanent floor and end and side walls; a temporary door, sheets attached to said floor and capable of forming end and side walls, rollershafts engaged by said sheets, spring-actuated roller sheet-metal doors ooperatinv" with said sheets, guides for said sheets andA doors, and gearing for actuating said shafts.

8. Ina stock-car provided with a permanent f ioor and end and sidewalls; a temporary loor, rollable sheets attached to said loor and capable o forming end and side walls for said car, spring-actuated roller sheetmetal doors coperatingwith said sheets, and means for rolling or unrollin said sheets whereby said temporary floor 1s elevated or lowered.

9. n a stock-car provided with a permanent floor and .end and Iside walls; rollershats, gearing mounted on said shafts for rotating the same, and rollable sheets attaohed to said shafts for forming tem orary side and end walls within said4 car an flush with said permanent end and sidewalls.

in testimony whereof l set my hand, in the presence of witnesses, this 28th day of September, 1905.

' i nvnnnfr'r wrar'r. Witnessesz' EDWIN E. WYATT 

